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Aviation

Saudi Arabia announces new flights to Italy from Riyadh and Jeddah in 2024

by Staff Writer Wed 28 Feb 2024Wed 28 Feb 2024

Saudi Arabia will welcome Italy’s ITA Airways to Riyadh and Jeddah airports this year

Bureau International des Expositions

Saudi Arabia presents $7.8bn plan for Expo 2030

by Staff Writer Wed 21 Jun 2023Wed 21 Jun 2023

Saudi Arabia unveil more details on Expo 2030 bid alongside South Korean and Italian competition

Abu Dhabi

Etihad increases Abu Dhabi to Rome flights

by Staff Writer Wed 14 Jun 2023Wed 14 Jun 2023

Etihad Airways announces plans to fly from Rome to Abu Dhabi 11 times per week

Pope Francis

Pope Francis hospitalised with respiratory infection

by Staff WriterThu 30 Mar 2023Thu 30 Mar 2023

The pope is at the Policlinico A. Gemelli in Rome, currently undergoing treatments for a respiratory infection

India

Pope Francis planning India, Mongolia trips after Lisbon, Marseille

by Staff WriterMon 6 Feb 2023Mon 6 Feb 2023

Pope Francis said he thought he would visit India in 2024, after plans for a trip in 2017 fell apart

Bahrain Investcorp

Bahrain’s Investcorp seals first Italian real estate deals as European focus intensifies

by Andrew Sambidge Sun 27 Mar 2022Sun 27 Mar 2022

Investment firm announces Milan and Rome acquisitions as European real estate business tops €1.1bn

During his visit Pope Francis met with the Grand Imam of Cairo’s Al Azhar mosque and university, one of the oldest and most significant Islamic institutions in the Arab World.

Abu Dhabi

Pope Francis impressed by UAE’s ‘modernity, cleanliness, openness’

by Shayan ShakeelWed 6 Feb 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Pope Francis was speaking to journalists onboard his return flight from the UAE yesterday

Pope Francis hailed the signing of a document on "human fraternity for world peace" with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam of Cairo's Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's prestigious seat of learning.

Abu Dhabi

Pope hails ‘step forward’ in Islam dialogue after UAE visit

by AFPWed 6 Feb 2019Wed 6 Oct 2021

Pope Francis hailed the signing of a document on ‘human fraternity for world peace’ with Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s prestigious seat of learning

Amenities and facilities include LED TVs, comfortable leather armchairs, a choice of formal and relaxed seating, a dining area, a prayer room, shower facilities, business centre and bespoke artworks.

airport lounges

Emirates invests $4.5m in new airport lounge in Rome

by Sam BridgeThu 20 Dec 2018Wed 6 Oct 2021

Rome opening takes Emirates’ investment in airport lounges around the world to more than $350m

Alitalia

Soaring passenger numbers put Alitalia ‘on the right track’, says CEO

by Staff Writer Mon 9 Jul 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

Alitalia has been the subject of three offers, from German airline giant Lufthansa, another from US private equity group Cerberus, and a joint EasyJet-Air France bid

Abu Dhabi International Airport

UAE’s Etihad plans to double flights to Rome

by Staff Writer Wed 21 Feb 2018Thu 7 Oct 2021

New service will take the total number of Etihad flights on the route to 14 a week

Picasso

Video: Picasso exhibition in Rome celebrates centenary of artist’s visit to Italy

by ITPSun 24 Sep 2017Wed 6 Oct 2021

An exhibition to celebrate the hundredth anniversary of Pablo Picasso’s trip to Italy has opened in Rome.